Archive of: RSPCA Inspectorate

RSPCA WA is appealing to the public for information following the discovery of an injured puppy in Perth’s northern suburbs this morning, which appears to have been bashed on the head and left for dead.

A member of the public was walking their own dog in Strutt Way Reserve in Noranda earlier today when their dog went in to some bushes and discovered the injured puppy.

In a joint investigation with the Department for Parks and Wildlife (DPaW), RSPCA WA is seeking information following the discovery of a critically injured kangaroo in the State’s south, which appears to have been tortured in a sickening act of animal cruelty.

A member of the public discovered the kangaroo still breathing and conscious on the ground in an area west of Albany early last week. The kangaroo had been partially skinned and disemboweled; its front leg also seriously injured.

RSPCA WA is appealing to the WA public for assistance in solving several disturbing acts of animal cruelty that occurred in the last eighteen months, with the perpetrators still at large and yet to be held accountable for the crimes they have committed.

Despite the widespread publicity surrounding the cases, and the information provided by members of the public at the time, a person of interest could not be identified or located in any investigations that followed.

“We heard from so many people in the aftermath of Luna’s stabbing, who all expressed outrage at this senseless cruel act. While we need to respect the court’s decision, this horrible case has highlighted just how much the community finds cruelty towards animals totally unacceptable.”

Figures from the RSPCA 24/7 Cruelty Hotline are showing little to no change in WA’s animal cruelty hotspots from 2016 to 2017, with some suburbs on track to record the highest number of cruelty reports for a second year in a row.

On Monday 8 May, RSPCA WA will launch the biggest appeal of its 125 year history, asking every household in Western Australia to help put more Animal Welfare Inspectors on WA roads.

Aptly named ‘20for20’ – the appeal will call on every West Australian to chip in $20 to increase the number of RSPCA Inspectors across the State to twenty; almost double the current number of Inspectors covering the whole of WA.

Today two people were sentenced at Merredin Magistrates Court for fourteen animal cruelty offences relating to horses and dogs at a property in South Trayning following an investigation by RSPCA WA Inspectors that commenced in March 2016.